Agency pulls out of bridge meeting

THE former mayor of Henley has criticised the Environment Agency for not showing up to a meeting to discuss Marsh Lock Horsebridge. Representatives from Henley Town Council and the Environment Agency greed to meet, along with Henley MP, Freddie van...

A river on edge and system at breaking point

THE River Thames is on the brink of collapse. Not because of a lack of regulation but because of decades of neglect, underinvestment and profit-driven mismanagement. What I’m hearing, from those who work every day to keep this river alive, paints a...

River check

AN annual inspection of the River Thames between Reading and Hurley has been carried out. Representatives from the Environment Agency, British Marine and the marine trade took part in the trip on board Hibernia, supplied by Hobbs of Henley. The...

Bird flu outbreaks ‘getting worse’, says swan marker

THE King’s Swan Marker has described avian influenza as becoming “more of a problem than it has ever been”.David Barber leads representatives of the Crown and the Vintners’ and Dyers’ Livery Companies to carry out a census of the bird population on...

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